Lamp shade



A ZILINCAR LAMP SHADE Filed Jany 7 ENToR S zm-n BY 6 ORNE Patented Feb. 14, 1928.

UNITED STATES PAT 1,659,420 ENTI OFFICE.

AUGUSTZILINGAR, on NEW YORK, N. Y.

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Application filed January 7, 1927. 7 Serial Io. 159,550.

ture, and which can be manufactured and.

sold at a reasonable cost.

For further comprehension of the invention, and of the objects and advantages thereof, reference will be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, and to the appended claims in which the various novel features of the invention are more particularly set forth. I

Referring to the accompanying drawing forming a material part of this disclosure Fig. 1 is a plan view of a lamp shade con structed according to'the invention.

Fig. 2 is a side elevational view thereof.

Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view thereof taken on the line 33 ofFig. 1.

Fig. t is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view, taken on the line 4--1 of Fig. 2 showing a modified form.

Fig. 5 is a view similar to Fig. 4:, but of a modified form of the invention, certain parts not being shown. in section.

The reference numeral 10 indicates generally the top circular rib of a wire frame having other lower circular ribs 11, vertical ribs 12 and fancy forms 13 supported to the ribs. This frame is preferably painted very attractively, as for example gold. The top of the frame may be provided with a lamp socket supporter 14 suitably secured to the rib 10 as by ribs 15.

Cloth material 16 such as is generally used on lamp shades, is fastened on the inside of the frame, clearly shown in Fig. 3, instead of on the outside as is the customary way. A great advantage is thus procured, namely, the frame not only acts to shape the lamp shade, but also plays a prominent part in the outer appearance of the lamp shade. Obviously a, very neat and beautifully shaped frame, having so to speak, a nice background of cloth material on the inside of the frame,- makes a very attractive lamp shade.

Near the bottom edge of the cloth material 16, the material is folded upon itself to form a flap 17 held by stitches 18 near the lower portion of the flap and thereafter the material continuesfrom the flap, partially encircles the lowermost rib 11, and heads upwards to near the top of the flap.

Braid material "19 is stitchedto thisupwardly heading material, indicated on the drawing by numeral 20, and stitches 21 secure the upwardly heading material 20 with braid '19 to the top of the flap 17 The slope of the materail 16 is of a certain degree, while the slope of the upwardlyheading portion 20 is substantially vertical, and the flap 17 extends obliquely from the inner side of wire 11 adjacent the bottom of material 16 just Where the flap starts to the top of the upwardly heading portion 20, forming a sort of a reinforcing strut.

In the modification shownv in Fig. 5, fillers are inserted in certain gap spaces existing in the structure. These fillers consist of apair of wedge pieces 22, 23, held at the points-by the stitches21, and 18, and urged apart by expansion springs 24, which springs are restrained by hooks 25 engaging the wedge pieces 22, 23 as desired to obtain the proper filling size.

W'hile I have illustrated and described my invention with some degree of particularity, I realize that in practice various alterations therein may be made. I therefore reserve the right and privilege of changing the form of the details of construction. or otherwise altering the arrangement of the correlated parts without departing from the spirit or the scope of the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by United States Letters Patent is 2- 1. In an article of the class described, the combination with a circular rib, of cloth material approaching the circular rib at a certain angle, a flap folded from the cloth material adjacently above the circular rib, and at an angle to the main body of cloth material, the cloth material onone side of the flap continuing and partially encircling the circular rib, thereafter continuing upwardly to near the top of the flap, braid material stitched to the outside of the upwardly continuing portion, stitches securing the upwardly continuing portionand the braid to the top of the flaps, and other stitches securing the bottom of the flap to the main body of cloth material so that the braid'material is substantially held in a vertical position.

2. In an article of the class described, the

stantially vertical position, stitches securing the upwardly continuing portion and the 10 braid to the top of the flaps, the flaps acting as struts to hold the upwardly continuing portion in vertical position, other stitches securing the bottom of the flap to the main body of cloth material, and means located in the gaps between the flap and the other parts of the cloth material for securely holding the parts in place.

In testimony whereof I have affixed my signature. a p

' AUGUST ZILINCAR. 

